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TopicHyderabadi biryani

Topic: Hyderabadi biryani

Kolkata biryani wars get 2 new challengers in Dada Boudi, Hanglaatherium

While much of India debates whether Lucknowi, Hyderabadi or Kolkata biryani is superior, Bengal’s argument has turned inward: which local biryani deserves loyalty now as the new contenders challenge old guards Arsalan and Aminia.

What makes someone a Hyderabadi—Irani chai, biryani, Nizam nostalgia, or Dakhni?

A topic that many Hyderabadis have stopped talking about due to generational trauma is Operation Polo—the military action through which Hyderabad was annexed to India in 1948.

Hyderabad takes its food very seriously. TasteAtlas list gets it horribly wrong

International food guide TasteAtlas ranked Hyderabad 50th in its ‘100 Best Food Cities’ category, but its list of recommendations would make any Hyderabadi’s blood boil.

Forget Hyderabad hype. Bengaluru biryani scene has gone unnoticed

Many other south Indian biryanis deserve their place at the table, even as the self-appointed ‘experts’ continue to scoff. One of the best places to try a whole variety is Bengaluru.

Ex-IAS officer Pratibha Karan’s book launch was all about making the humble dal cosmopolitan

At Delhi's Olive Bar & Kitchen, the posh crowd jostled and pushed each other to know more about dal. And Vir Sanghvi as guest of honour infused elite enthusiasm.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.